Medical Physics · 2008 · 35 citations · 49 references
MedicineNuclear MedicineRadiologyBiomedical ImagingDiagnostic ImagingDiagnostic RadiologyBreast Cancer ImagingBreast ImagingBreast Lesion CharacterizationMedical ImagingOptical TomographyPositron Emission TomographyBreast Positron Emission TomographyDiffuse Optical ImagingDiffuse Optical TomographyMultimodal Imaging FusionOptical Scattering In TissuePet QuantificationQuantitative Tissue ScatteringWhole-body Pet Imaging
We acquire and compare three-dimensional tomographic breast images of three females with suspicious masses using diffuse optical tomography (DOT) and positron emission tomography (PET). Co-registration of DOT and PET images was facilitated by a mutual information maximization algorithm. We also compared DOT and whole-body PET images of 14 patients with breast abnormalities. Positive correlations were found between total hemoglobin concentration and tissue scattering measured by DOT, and fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) uptake. In light of these observations, we suggest potential benefits of combining both PET and DOT for characterization of breast lesions.
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Multi-modal volume registration by maximization of mutual information
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